Fence-making machine



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No. 358,460. PatentedMar. 1, 1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE B. LEOKY, OF HOLMESVILLE, OHIO.

FENCE-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,460, dated March 1, 1887.

Application filed December 15, 1886. Serial No. 221,679. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE B. L'EOKY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Holmesville, in the county of Holmes and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence- Making Machines; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such'as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to fence-making machines which secure the pickets in the strands of wire stretched between suitable uprights or posts.

The object of the invention is the construction of a machine which will be compact in arrangement, economicahefficient, durable, and not liable to get out of repair.

The improvement consists in the novel features hereinafter more fully set forth, claimed, and shown in the annexed drawings,in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a fence-making machine embodying my improvements; Fig. 2, a front View; Fig. 3, a detail view showing the manner of mounting the twisting-wheels; and Fig. 4 is a detail view of the power-driven wheel and its mounting.

For simplicity and economy of construction,

the several parts of the frame are composed of gas-pipe and gas-pipe coupling. The frame is composed of any suitable number of sections, which are united by cross-couplings, the ver; tical arms of which receive the proximate ends of two adjacent parts, and the horizontal arms support the twisting-wheels and permit the passage of the strands of wire. 1 There may be as many twisting-wheels as there are groups of strands of wire.

The device shown comprises three sections, a a. a and the twisting wheels b 12 12 The sections a and a are united by the cross-coupling c. The sections a and a are united by the cross-coupling c, and the section a and the foot-piece a are united by the cross-coupling a The section a is capped by the T-coupling 0 Each of the couplings c 0, and 0 have short pieces of pipe (1 screwed in corresponding ends of the horizontal arms. These short pieces of pipe d have an annular groove, (1, near their outer ends, and receive the twisting-wheels b b bflwhich are mounted thereon, and held in place by set screws e passing through the hubs of the wheels and fitting in the annular grooves.

The twisting-wheels are of ordinary construction, and have the outer ends of the hubs closed and provided with-openi ngs 6, through which the strands of wirein any one group of wires pass. There will be as many of such openings as there are strands of wire in a single group. The cross-coupling 0 has its horizontal arms set at right angles to the horizontal arms of the couplings c, c, and c and receives the section B, which projects at right angles to the frame. The inner end of the section B is threaded and passes through the horizontal arms of the coupler c, and nuts f. one on each side of the coupler,adjust the section in and out to take up any slack in the drivechain D. The outer end of the section B has a T-coupling, g, in which is journaled the shaft g, having the drive-wheel G keyed thereto. The shaft 9 is adapted to have the crank G applied thereto. The twisting-wheels b b b and the drive-wheel G have spurs projecting from their periphery, which work in the links of the drive-chain D, which passes around and connects them.

The foot-piece has the wheel H applied thereto for supporting the machine and facilitating its transportation and movementfrom picket to picket as thelatter is secured between the twists of the strands. The foot-rest M, projecting laterally from the lower end of the frame, affords a purchase for the foot when moving the machine.

The picket-adjusting frame I, having the stops i, is adj ustably connected with the frame, so that the space between the pickets can be varied as desired.

The holding-bar J, having the stops j, holds the picket in place while it is being woven in the strands, and is secured to the picket-ad justing frame by the links K K. In practice the strands of each group of wires pass through the openings in the twisting-wheels and are stretched between the uprightsor posts. A picket is placed between the strands and the drive-wheel given a rotary movement, which, by the means before mentioned, will impart a corresponding rotary movement to the twist ing-wheels and twist the strands about the picket. The machine is now moved forward the distance of the next picket,which distance is regulated by the stops 2' of the pieket'adj usting frame resting against the picket previously Woven in. A new picket isplacedin position, and the holding-bar J brought forward,so the stops j will engage therewith and press the picket into position and hold it there while the strands are twisted about it in the manner previously stated. This operation is repeated for each successive picket.

The handle L, seen red to the picket-adjusting frame, is for the purpose of facilitating the movement of themachineai'tereaeh picket is Woven in.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. A fence-making machine composed of a number of sections united by eoup1ings,which couplings support the twist-i ng-wheels and pen mit the passage of the strandsof wire composing the longitudinal picket-supports.

2. The combination ofthc sections, the crosscouplings, the short pieces of pipe secured to the couplings, and the twisting-wheels mounted upon and secured to said pieces of pipe, sub stantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination,with the frame or support and the Wire-twisting mechanism, of the picket-adj usting frame I, adjustably connected with said frame or support and having stops, and the picket-holding bar having corresponding stops projecting laterally therefrom, and the links connecting the bar at each end with the picket-adjusting frame, substantially as shown, and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination of the frame, the twisting-wheels, the section projecting laterally, the drive-wheel supported on the outer end of said section, the cross-coupling receiving the inner threaded end of the section, the adjusting-nuts mounted upon said threaded end and located on each side of said coupling, and the drive-chain, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THEODORE Bl LECKY.

Witnesses;

SAMUEL BIORELAND, SAMUEL EWINo. 

